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Local Challenge Reaches Kaiser High
Kupu and Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation are joining forces for the fifth year, once again offering the Hawaiʻi Youth Sustainability Challenge. The initiative provides students with an opportunity to partic- ipate in “community partner- ship challenges.”
generational learning, where natural resource profession- als benefit from the inno- vative ideas of students and students learn firsthand from these professionals about the real-world work they can do and conservation careers they can have here at home.”
This year, 13 schools are involved statewide, including Kaiser High.
As part of the challenge, a student from Kaiser High will work with the Army Nat- ural Resources Program on a backyard native seed orchard for forest conservation. Oth- er high schools, meanwhile, will focus on topics like cli- mate change, environmen- tally friendly plant pots and more.
“We are so excited to have our HYSC student leads working with community partners to bring their unique perspectives and skills to the challenges we are facing in Hawaiʻi,” states Kupu se- nior program manager Elia Herman. “We see this as an amazing opportunity for inter-
For more information, visit kupuhawaii.org/hysc.
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